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ERNEST BOREL

CHINA MAIL

No. 34720.

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950.

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Opposition to Australian bill withdrawn

Canberra, October 16,

The Federal Executive of the Australian Labour Party today directed the Parliament. ary Party to withdraw its or- pusition to the Government's awl-Communist bill in th: form in which it is before the Senate.

RAILWAY TUNNEL

South Koreans race to save 800 Americans

Labor PYONGYANG DRIVE GAINS GROUND

the

The Senate, where re- tained. Its majority after Pudy's defeat in last year's go...- Feral election, has prevented the

bill from becoming law October 4.

since

After Today's decision, Laboar its expecten to abandon its fight put the anus of proof on the where preple are pro-

wr

Tokyo, October 16.

A South Korean mercy patrol tonight sped towards a railway tunnel prison, where 800 American prisoners of war were reported entombed after a 150-mile death march from Seoul.

acti as Conduits and to A handful of survivors from the massacre of 500 South Koreans, who

Low them to appeal to the fligh

, Cour!, The Prime Minister bn. aid he will go to the country be- Heute of the Senate's challenge.

Tudny's executive decision was y eight votes to four, un ali- haritative source said. The bili Would empower the Governor.. General to "declare" A person

s ministers consider to be en- Raged or likely to be engaged_14. activities prejudicial to the de-

fence or the maintenance of law,

It would rest with the "du- clared" person to disprove th

tromped almost naked and without food alongside the Americans told

a tale of forced marches through bitterly cold nights to keep ahead of the advancing ROK troops.

Reports from the front line said that the survivors reported that the Ameri- cans, some too weak to walk without help from their comrades, were walled up in a tunnel 20 miles North of Yonghung on the East coast.

Half a dozen Koreans had lived through the dumdum bullet slaying of 500 Southern prisoners in a gully just North of Yonghung.

120 miles from Hungnam and its win clty of Hambung, the most important industrial transport and commercial area in the Eastern half of North Korea.

the outskirts of bombed out Suan. There they collided with a regi- to 12 znent of rearguards-perhaps 3,000 troops-ormed with six light anti-tank tanks. Comblaed air and ground attacks were ex- With one fifth of the Conimun-pected to reduce this road block 4 quick Advancing ROK troops, taken ist homeland already in his hands, and clear the way for allegation unless he gave to the scene of the atrocity this General MacArthur buckled down push North West.

blows final by excited villagers to preparing the "Declared" afternoon evidence on oath,

victims, many with against North Korea after his persons would lose their Gov. found the

almost

shot week-end conference with Pre- completely trade union key heads crament, industrial jobs.

way, lying piled up with handssident Truman on Wake Island. He flew back to Tokyo on Sunday. tled behind their backs. .The Labour Parly held that putting the onus of proof on the individual and not on the Gov- to the rument

contrary was principles of justice,

The survivors said they were General MacArthur still has in trented tolerably well while im-reserve at least four more divi. prisoned in Seoul but when, the sions-the U.S. Second, Seventh. march North began a week be- 125th and First Marine. There has fore the South Korean capital been epeculation he may be plan- The executive statement said was freed, they had almost nothing to use one or more in an Д finat the decision to withdraw Labouring to eat and no clothing. opposition was made, "to test the sincerlly of the Menzles Govern ment before the people and give the lie to its false, slanderous allegations against the Labour Party"-Reuter.

Russia massing troops near Turkey, Iran

Istanbul, October 16. Russia is massing troops on her frontiers with Turkey and an, usually reliable soure.s reported lest night.

Guards kept them moving day and night and apparently decided to shoot the Southerners to spead the movement of the column.

Another report from Wonsan been said that 170 people had shot by the retreating Northerners and their bodies thrown into the

yea,

Drive on

Pyongyang

General Douglas MacArthur today threw in an eighth divi. Bion-the

American vetoran

Amphibious landing for

knqekout blow, ......

On the South Koreans", loft U.S. First Cavalry flank the Division smashed

through Namchun jon, on the main Seoul -Pyongyang highway after a vicious six-hour battle with 1,- 000 Communist troops tranched, in buildings, culverts

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French abandon another fortress

Saigon, October 16.

French, troops pulled back from the frontier for- tress of Nacham today to open jungles and mountains to the Communist rebels threaten- ing the big Northern city of Hanoi.

and pillboxes. At last reports The Vietminh rebels moved into Nacham and pre-

the Amerlann vanguarde' wore.

$6 miles South Bouth East of the enemy capital.

Should pick

the Western end of the massive up speed

To

around Lightening

North of the frontier and

63

miles

10

more

pared to press Southward past a string of blockhouses and watch posts evacuated by the outnumbered French. W The Communist forces, telleved to be trained and armed in neighbouring Communist Chine, have nchloved numerical superio- rity approaching 10 to one in the North.

They have forced tough French Foreign Legionnaires and Morog cans to fall back on a new no

abuya the Red River delta- Indo-China's most precious rice

Chineas Nationalist military sourceu In Taipeh confirmed today that their intelligence reports place at least 150,000 crack Chinese Red, troops along the Indo-China horder Just In- side Yunnan and Kwangsl pro

vinces.urces

bo-French-dropped back-2.nor... of Yunnan, is in command

success-

'#

Gen. Harding

returns from Korean front

Tale 21435.

Nehru objects to UN forces

New Delhi, October 16. Prime Minister Jawaharla Nehru volded Indian oppos! tion today to a proposal · fo the raising of speelal arméd forces to serve. at United Na tlons direction...

Such forces, Mr. Nehru told dews conference. were mor Ukely to lead to a world war the to discourage one.

The proposal, part of a seven nation resolution now before th UN General' Assembly in Nev York, calls for U.N. members t anmark part of their armie forcea for use either by th Security Council or the Assem ly to meet. threnta of aggressio

India, Mr. Nehru said, woul object to any part of its Arm being put under any control bu 'ts own.

· Mr. Nehru said such...”, specia torees were urinecessary, sing

cch country already had army.

Attitude important

India's attitude on the ant! aggression plan, which now being sponsored by gover

.: nations in the General Ampi. bly, le considered of vital Im portance because of the nation' position

on sa's leader; in Asia The Indian Iceder also criticis ed the crossing by UN forces i Korca of the 38th Parallel, a action which the General: -Az sembly, authorized in a The Commander-in-Chief of adopted on October Land Forces in the Far East,tained in the voting on the re General Sir John Harding, ar- solution. rived in Hong Kong by, alr

To cross the parallel withe yesterday from Korea, where

making an effort at a peacefu he had visited British troops solution "appeared to us to be on the Korean front.

wrong and to involve grava riski He reported that the troops of conflict on a much wider scale were in excellent condition, had Mr. Nehru said. conducted themselves well and were a credit to. Britain

He conceded "in" answer to?? He added that Hong Kong question, however, that the risk -should-ba¬vary:proud of the of such consequences, "result way these troops, who had re from the crossing of the parn ceived their training in Hong appeared much less now they had two weeks ago.

Kong, had carried out their

duties in Korea under difficult battle conditions.

General Harding will remain. in Hong Kong a few days before returning to Singapore..

U.S. ECONOMIC AID

nesia

TO INDONESIA,'

On China

Mr Nehru vehemently, de nounced efforts to keep Com munist China put of the United Nations.

China, he declared, is now mor united then at any time in his Djakarta, October 16. America has promised Indo-tory Refusal to recognise the

Peking Government and alve it economic atd under an agreement signed here today, it seat in the United Nations is at "ostounding phenomenon," res was officially announced.

ponsible for a great, deal of the trouble in Asia,

Yonan lles 20 miles East South East of Pyongyang and 25 miles fully "without serious Po-cheng reached 50 miles inside the Indonesian and United States

East of Haeju.

The 24th Division-the American unit to go into action in Koren last July 5-took over huteracker which General Mac- Arthur

s

An official spokesman sold the Pyongyang.

First Cavalry should pick up Elements of the 24th rolled speed as soon as it works through:

The sources said Red General Into Yonan, 48 miles North

and just. miles of hills

Chen Keng, who drove South West of Boout and Bix miles bad terrain to Sinmak, 40 milles

ward in the Reds big march South of the 38th Parallel fron below Pyongyang.

year ago and who is now Gover- tler-ow the West coast-highway

The South Korean-Sixth-and- to Pyongyang. Its first major Eighth Divisions also ground out miles to Nacham from the evacu One of General Lin Plan's armies objective is the key port and transport centre of Haeju, just gains toward Pyongyang ated fortress of Thatkhe. From is in Kwangal, according to the

a few reports. South East of the Nachan they fell back East and

The Eighth milles to: Dongdarg. The with capital. enemy

out Bouh of Pyongyang raced

miles drawals were carried Munam, 55 to

Dorgdang, a

a reck-walled North East of Suan against in-

(known as "door to China," ereasing resistance.

nine nules North of is only

of Lang- In their arive along the Pyongson where the civilian population

evacuated. Langson yong highway from coast port of Wonsan, clements of tlic

This moans the ROK Capitol Division rolled in French hands.

11 miles through that Cominumnist troops had push- on another One South Korean spearhead

of the ed to within 100 miles of vital Tongyang, 67 miles East of

of the lanol since their is already within 38 miles of the

surprise

capture Other elements The 24th Division, commanded

capital capital.

Altogether up to 70,000 Ameri- by Major-General William Kean, Capital Division along with the of Dongiche on September 18.

Korean Third Division The collapse of Dongkre forced was moved North from mop-up can, South Korean, British and duties in Southern Koren for the pushed on up the East coast to the French to withdraw. from out

another, Hungnam.

leaving 225 fort after Hamhung and Australian troops were pushing climactic drive toward Pyong-ward toward the capital' around a giant yang. Still in the lead in the race front despatches repreted they miles of the border with Commerchant ships said Reuter confirm

130 miles from for the Red capital is the South had reached Chowon, 35 miles munist China undefended. The are stretching

to East of the city. Korean First Division, The South North f Wonsar and only 20 biggest defeat in that depressing the South Another 10,000 South Koreans Koreans are only 38 miles South miles froin Hamnun. They said serios, of reverses was the unbush

the East coast only East of Pyongyang after reaching the Reds were retreating rapidly of abcu: 2,000 crack French troops steamers have been brought to headed up

Northward behind machine-gun trapped between Dongkle and

Thatkhe. and small arms Are.

An estimated six divisions from

hav were said to Leninakan drawn up along the Turkish bor- der just art. of Kars. Four of these divisions, according to in- telligence reports, are tramed in Eucri Behting, and one com- pany or light artillery is now encamped at Erivan, triangle where Russin, and Iran join.

near the

Turkey

There is no way to these reports officially, but they came from Kars and were al disclosed by source which is geldoin wrong.

.. This source also said the Rus- TiOne have been Instigating Kurdish revolts in Iran, and re- cently sent into Iran enough .cquipment to supply two divi-

sion:-Associated Press.

Lansion, October 16.

Mr. Aidan Crawley, Under-

the South Koreans

24th Division - against North Korean Reds in a drive to reach Pyongyang, Communlet capital, by

week-end, next

adds United Press.

in lead

British Brigade to the rescue:

How farmer Lee's field

Secretary for le told a Pecs was cleared of grenades

Tranterence here today that Royal

Air Force strength in the

East was adequate to brobable

For.

meet a

a

air threat from potential enemy.

South

South

resk

the, Enst 16: biggest border fortress still

A Fifth Air Force communique disclosed bad weather hampered Allied planer today. Korean bas- ed aircraft daw only 30 sortles in close support of groutid troops but claimed to have killed or wounded 150 Communist soldiers. -Reuter and United Press.

forces

Vietminh réport Communist quartila relling South from the Chinese border have occupied Nacham, the Red Vietminh radio claim ad today.

The rebels now hold four, im- tant French border garrisons Dongkht, Calibang, Thatkhe and Nachan stretching 50 miles

The reports also said that Chl- nese Red troops under the per- senal command of General Liu Tibet from Sikang provines.

It is estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 mer, comprised the 18th Army Group but it is not known force have how many of this crossed the border --United Press.

the

Surrender of Communist

Taipeh, October 16.

Two Communist,merchant

Nationalist outpost of Quemoy, after surrendering to Nationalist gunboat, 400 miles up the Chine coast froin Hong Kong, according to un- official reports here today.

With the British Common-·}

from the North West to the South For two days Lee sat with his wealth Brigade in Northern children at the side of the roud,

unable to harvest, wahing patt Koren, October 10.

Summing up the results of his Fecent 24,000-mile tour of the Far East, he said that this view North Korean farmer was based on a calculation of the probable air threat.which could bo foreseen now, and it applled only to the air-Routor."

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The weather Victoria, spent more than an

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and learned

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COMMANDERS OF NEW DIVISIONS

on

the plot to zoiza tham' 'zo'

The reports sald 12 Communist guards, and some. rifles and apart machineguns were captured": from the ships crews.

Another report said that two Eust. It also means that hundreds 2.000-ton ISTs have docked at ∙nava: of square miles of Northern Indosthe Southern Formaran China have been knifed open port of Kaohsung after, a run. phically today, for the But the A British staff-sergeant and futly, na' he explaincula

the invasion routes from from Hong Kong via Manila. along London, October 18. risked Nations to help me." an Australian private

The ships crews were quoted" their lives today to give

The following appointments of Cormant China where Chinese too busy.

that they suspected pursuing the the Coonnurista to spare the time commanders of three new divi- Communist tehope have been

moving toward

·ions,

Prime Reported moving forecast by the

they slipped anchor secrelly and chance of feeding his family help Les until Scofield and

Minister's defence debate in the frontier.lih:

A McGrath motored by today.

bgency report

took the ships..from Hong Kong. this 'winter.

House of Commons on Septem-

Nacham's capture did not, The ships were reported to: b The two men, 30-year-old Scaffeld, who has a seven

mention the fate of the Nachant the Mal Ling and Loyu-Router Staff Sergeant John Scofield, of year old daughter, stepped hia ber 12, were announced by th

garrison or the number of French 1d, Kinghorn Road, Dundee, and Jeep to hand Les' children War Ofce last night

The de Private Alwyn McGrath, 25. of some of his chocolate ration.

Hugh troops engaged Major-General Bir

waz Brondenst・・ by the of Spring Creek, Tallongatta,

ned of the Korean Stockwell. Commandant of the

Communist Peking mdk plight. hour in clearing a rice paddy deld With 21 your bid McGrath of Royal Military Academy of the the Third Battalion, of the Aus- Third Infantry Division and At 0600 GMT. (2 p.m. Hitet) a deprive of booby trnja sot by retreating tralian Regiment, he stopped into Commander of the East Anglian led the troops that participated in Page 2.

North Kerena

the racent operations which have miolog: Eastwards. South of thier To 35-year-old leo Che Con, the paddy to examine the grean-distance of

Army offcer-cashlared resulted in the withdrawal of the pag ough pressure atende fruus the Pole his wife and six children, use two der. As

area, Ho ith Brigadio's Colonel temporary Brigidler yene from the border Will-crsione to Formos. A sizek Ensterir nere paddy represented the dif- tho mimitem covers the China Beforence between starvation and ammunition examiner Scofield G. Palmer, commander of the paid special tribute to the 10,000 Pagb SkyToday's - Pariénals-Light cedent life for the next nine months. Los desifted to dismantle one of the 23rd 21 Independent Armoured women who, he said, are valiant-

the rebol cruse {ENZIY Winde." (mainly "Stale, bas", with | began to cut and harvest his crop, grenades. Halped) by McGrath-Brigade, ir be Commander of the uniding

Sixth Armored Divian arif paiving highways, fannsporting two days working ngalust he removed phd Icfused

of the Salisbury

and time to COLLECT, THE," rice) before grenado in the cakes Commandor", ofa

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Pan thank UM McGrath I told found

❤hin, almost invisiblo Rotatero hung on our nooks, Armoured Brigade, to ip wire hidden among the rice embracing us.

un. It got embarrass mariach of the 11th Armoured colonialists and oppore, the Amis- un rican Interventionists. Ho cau- plantas

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The agreement, providing for economic co-operation between

Mr. Nehru told he questioner he Governments, was signed by the was confident the West is gratefu Indonesian

Foreign

Minister,

for India's role as a "window" st Mohammed Roem.

and the U.S. China since the "existence Ambassador, Mr. Merle Gochnan.plomatie relations between Ne The agreement arose from 're: Delhi and Peking, gives "the War: commendations by the United information they could not obtali

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announcement called Communist policy."

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